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“Snakeskin” Nike Air Foamposite One Official Images

Brandon King

Like the Air Jordan 1 for Jordan Brand, Nike seems hell-bent on running the Air Foamposite One in the ground with too many, and typically, uninspired and/or unimaginative colorways. This snakeskin colorway checks off both of those boxes. It features a black a white textured snakeskin upper complemented with black leather trim on the eyestay and collar. A habanero red outsole rounds out the aesthetic of this sneaker. The “Snakeskin” Nike Air Foamposite One is scheduled to release June 15 at nike.com and select retail venues. The sticker price is…

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“Memphis Tigers” Nike Zoom Rookie coming soon

Brandon King

Like the “Memphis Tigers” Air Foamposite One, the Zoom Rookie is the latest Penny Hardaway associated silhouette to get the Memphis Tigers treatment. This Zoom Rookie sports a white leather and mesh upper and nodules. On the Foamposite portions of the upper a tiger print over university blue is present. The aesthetic of the shoe is completed by a translucent outsole. The “Memphis Tigers” Nike Zoom Rookie is set to release June 1 at nike.com and select retail establishments. The sticker price is set at $210 USD. Nike Zoom Rookie…

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“Hot Lava” Nike Lebron 16 to also release in Black

Brandon King

In addition to the white “hot lava” Lebron 16, there is also a black version of the colorway that pays homage to the Tech Challenge II. It features a black Battleknit 2.0 upper with Hot Lava Tech Challenge II detailing throughout. This aforementioned upper sits atop a black and white midsole with Zoom Max units underneath and a hot lava and grey outsole with a Dunkman logo at the heel. The Black “Hot Lava” Lebron 16 is scheduled to release May 24, 2019 on SNKRS and select retail venues. The…

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“Carpe Diem” Nike Zoom Kobe 4 Protro has a release date

Brandon King

The “Carpe Diem” colorway of the Nike Zoom Kobe 4 will make its first return to retail since its original 2009 release.  This Kobe 4 sports a black leather upper with Flywire running up both the lateral and medial sides. The Del Sol Swooshes on both sides of the shoe are bordered in varsity purple. The same varsity purple also shows up on the heel counter. Del Sol stitching on the collar forms a quilt pattern ; it is also used on the carpe diem logo on the tongue as…

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“Mag” Nike Adapt BB to release this month

Brandon King

The Nike Adapt BB is the brand’s first power lacing shoe that is made for the game of basketball. This latest colorway of the ground-breaking shoe is inspired by the progenitor of power lacing the Nike Mag. It sports a wolf grey upper with the turquoise speckling on the heel and on the grey midsole. White Swooshes are present on the upper and the aforementioned midsole. A blue tinted translucent outsole completes the aesthetic of this shoe. The “Mag” Nike Adapt are scheduled to release May 29 at nike.com and…

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“Four Horsemen” Nike Lebron 16 on the way soon

Brandon King

This Lebron 16 pays homage to LeBron ‘s business team which comprises Lebron himself, Rich Paul, Maverick Carter, and Randy Mims. The sneaker sports a black Battleknit 2.0 upper with a white crackled leather tongue that features a black embroidered knight chess piece with the words “4 HORSEMEN” on it. Located further down the tongue is the Lebron logo. White is also present on the inner lining and on the on the Swoosh on the lower lateral heel. On the insole is a checkerboard pattern that features the first initials…

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This Lebron 16 pays homage to the Tech Challenge II

Brandon King

Continuing a trend seen on other LeBron 16s and previous models, this upcoming colorway pays homage to a classic shoe from Nike’s past.  This upcoming Lebron 16 is a tribute to the “hot lava” colorway of the Tech Challenge 2 that was worn by Andre Agassi back in the day. It features a white battleknit 2.0 upper sporting black and lava accenting reminiscent of features on the Tech Challenge two, even displaying the two color external heel counter that shoe had.  A white midsole contains the Zoom Max units and…

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“Orange Label” White/Gum Nike SB Dunk Low- Official Photos

Brandon King

This Dunk is part of the second Orange Label launch, a series of shoes from Nike SB that pays homage to various skate shop around the country. It sports a white leather upper only broken up by the black branding on the medial and lateral sides, tongue and on the rear of the sneaker. Behind the tongue and on the insole feature orange labels, with the later reading “NIKE SB.” A white midsole and a gum rubber outsole complete the look of this aesthetic. This Dunk SB Low had an…

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Light Grey “Inside Out” Air Max 1 Official Photos

Brandon King

Nike has released official images of one of colorways of the Air Max 1 that for the inside out treatment. This flipped upper features sections of sail at the heel and forefoot overlaid by white at the midfoot. Other features include black stitching, black lateral and medial branding and sneaker tag is present at the top of the tongue. This upper sits atop a sail hued midsole and a light grey and sail outsole. At this juncture, there is not an announced release date. Updated information on this sneaker’s status…

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First Look at the Beams x Nike React Presto

Brandon King

BEAMS, Japanese retailer and fashion brand is teaming up with Nike on another collaborative shoe, this one being the React Presto. The joint Presto features split coloring. One half of the shoe sports a vibrant orange tone , with the other half is white. The lateral support and lace cage is outfitted in fuchsia and green and a black swoosh on the top of the forefoot and light blue that wraps the lower heel. A white midsole and outsole completes the sneaker’s aesthetic. At this juncture, details on the release…

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